Page 2 - ESM Connections: Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics 2020 newsletter

Message from the chair
Alumni friends faculty and students I hope you are all staying safe and healthy in in these unprecedented COVID-19 times I I have to to to give many shoutouts to: our staff who turned on on a a a a a dime to to to set up remote operations our faculty who developed new teaching
methods for remote and and in-person courses our our students who have succeeded in in in classes and and and their research despite social distancing and and and Zoom brain and and especially to our alumni who provide enduring support As the festive season of giving approaches I hope you you will find it in in in in in in in your hearts to support the the increasing level of need we are seeing among our students and their families ESM continues to grow with two new faculty Laura Cabrera an expert in in neural neural ethics neural neural devices and electrical engineering will join us on March 1 1 2021 as as an associate professor of of of ESM a a a a a a core faculty member of of of the Center for Neural Engineering a a a a co-funded member of the the Rock Ethics Institute and and as the the Dorothy Foehr Huck Huck and and J Lloyd Huck Huck Early Career Chair in in Neuroethics in in the the Huck Institutes of the the Life Sciences Yang Yang Yang Yang an an an an expert in advanced electron microscopy techniques nuclear materials and mechanical engineering will be appointed as as assistant professor co-funded member of of the Materials Research Institute Institute and affiliate faculty member of the Institute Institute for Computational and Data Sciences on on June 1 1 2021 In November ESM welcomed Lori Rhoades as as our new administrative assistant Congratulations to to Nicole Wolfe who was promoted to to the Office of Engineering Research Administration Laura Cabrera Yang Yang Yang Yang Lori Rhoades You are receiving this newsletter
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2 Uncomfortably uncertain (cont )
“Dr Warren is is a a a a a a visionary leader with powerful and creative ideas ” Todd
said “His ESM journey has taken him along multiple diverse pathways encompassing atomic scale defects in in in semiconductors the electronics industry defense manufacturing and research administration design of an an an an artificial lymph node and most recently to vaccine design His entrepreneurial spirit has navigated him successfully from invention to startups and industry transitions multiple times His story is is unique and an an an inspiration to to us all ” Warren is a a a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering a a a a a a professor of of of biomedical sciences at the University of of of Central
Florida and and a a a a a co-founder of two companies (nScrypt and and VaxDesign) He has authored over 200 referred publications including top-cited papers in in in both the Journal of Applied Applied Physics Physics and and Applied Applied Physics Physics Letters and and has over two dozen patents or patent patent applications He has received numerous awards and honors including the Penn State Alumni Fellow Award in 2016 three R&D 100 awards the the 2011 BioFlorida Company
of the the Year Award Award a a a a 2009 Governor’s New Product Award Award Award and the the Henry Award Award from the the American Ceramic Society For more details on Warren’s March 31 2021 talk including the Zoom link and password please contact Lisa Spicer at lms8@psu edu Faculty spotlight Vijay Varadan co-founder of Nanowear announces COVID-19 remote diagnostic research alliance
Vijay Varadan professor emeritus of of engineering science and and mechanics is the co-founder and and chief innovation officer of of Nanowear—the leading nanotechnology-
based connected-care and remote remote diagnostic platform In July
2020 Nanowear announced its expansion of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a COVID-19 remote remote diagnostic research alliance
with Hackensack Meridian Health Systems the largest hospital system in in New New Jersey and Maimonides Medical Center in in in in Brooklyn New New York They will focus on on on on remote diagnostic monitoring using Nanowear’s patented precision medicine clinical-grade cloth-based wearable technology— invented by Varadan and other founding engineers MORE >>
Graduate spotlight Jia Zhu earns fellowship to support entrepreneurial spirit Jia Zhu a a a a a doctoral student in in in engineering science and mechanics recently received the the Diefenderfer Graduate Fellowship from the the Penn State College of Engineering Zhu investigates flexible medical devices intended to be worn on on the body In collaboration
with his adviser Huanyu “Larry” Cheng Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in in in the Penn State Department of of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Zhu has developed a a a a a a a a a a a a a novel fabrication method to to to create a a a a a a a a a a a a a low-cost multifunctional device to to to monitor human health MORE >>